Phil Allaway

Phil Allaway has three primary roles at Frontstretch. He's the manager of the site's FREE e-mail newsletter that publishes Monday-Friday and occasionally on weekends. He keeps TV broadcasters honest with weekly editions of Couch Potato Tuesday and serves as the site's Sports Car racing editor. Outside of Frontstretch, Phil is the press officer for Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y. He covers all the action on the high-banked dirt track from regular DIRTcar Modified racing to occasional visits from touring series such as Tony Stewart's Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.

NASCAR released the weekly penalty report on Tuesday afternoon (May 29). A lot of discussion following Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 was centered upon a possible rear window brace violation for race winner Kyle Busch. That did not come to pass. However, what did come was a height infraction for the Christopher …

For the XFINITY Series’ Pocono Green 250 Recycled by J.P. Mascaro & Sons, there are 41 cars currently entered. As is the case, there are a few driver changes of note. Shane Lee returns to Richard Childress Racing’s No. 3 Chevrolet, replacing Ty Dillon. While Lee has never raced in …

Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest race weekends of the entire year in motorsports. You have Monaco, Charlotte and Indianapolis. Add Lime Rock for Pirelli World Challenge on top of that and you basically have four days without sleep. Coca-Cola 600 Sunday night saw the Monster Energy NASCAR …

Ian Lacy Racing’s Drew Staveley was content with a second-place finish in Monday’s GTS SprintX Race No. 2 at Lime Rock Park. Then, leader Nicolai Elghanayan slowed dramatically with less than five minutes to go. Staveley was able to snatch the lead at the point and hold on for the …

R. Ferri Motorsport’s Miguel Molina and Toni Vilander took advantage of CRP Racing’s misfortune to claim overall victory in GT SprintX Race No. 2 at Lime Rock Park Monday afternoon (May 28). The duo led for the vast majority of the race, but it wasn’t necessarily supposed to be that …

Alegra Motorsports’ Michael Christensen and Spencer Pumpelly claimed overall victory Monday afternoon (May 28) in Pirelli World Challenge’s GT SprintX Race No. 1 at Lime Rock Park. It is the first PWC victory for Alegra Motorsports. “To be honest, it was all about the first stint today,” Christensen said after …

MarcoPolo Motorsports’ Nicolai Elghanayan was surprised when he won the pole for GTS SprintX Race No. 1 Saturday. On Monday, he was a bit more confident when he took the checkered flag to win the race Monday morning. “After lap 3 or 4, I really started to dig in,” Elghanayan …

Saturday’s qualifying session for Monday’s GTS SprintX Race No. 1 at Lime Rock Park was full of surprises. However, literally no one expected Laguna Beach, Calif.’s Nicolai Elghanayan to claim the overall pole in his Am-class KTM X-Bow GT4. That includes Elghanayan when he was asked if he expected to …

K-PAX Racing’s Àlvaro Parente swept the weekend at Lime Rock in 2016 and he’s completed the first step to repeating that by winning the overall pole for GT SprintX Race No. 1. Parente’s lap of 51.675 seconds (102.688 mph) is the fastest lap of the weekend. Parente was very happy …

RealTime Racing’s Ryan Eversley took advantage of his pole position to stake himself an early lead over the pack. It was ultimately more than enough for Eversley to hold on for his second win of the season. Afterward, Eversley was very pleased. “We have a really kick-ass Honda Civic Type-R,” …